The Giver Section 5 Quiz Read the excerpt from The Giver and answer the question that follows.
"It's just that . . . without the memories it's all meaningless. They gave that burden to me. And to the previous Receiver. And the one before him."
"And back and back and back," Jonas said, knowing the phrase that always came.
The Giver smiled, though his smile was oddly harsh. "That's right. And next it will be you. A great honor."
"Yes, sir. They told me that at the Ceremony. The very highest honor."
Question #1 Part A- What is the Giver's point of view about his role in the community?
A. The Giver recognizes that his job could not be done by anyone else.
B. The Giver sees the memories as a heavy responsibility.
C. The Giver is respectful of the community’s memories.
D. The Giver is delighted to be trusted by the elders.
Part B- Which two pieces of evidence best support the answer to Part A?
A. “without the memories it’s all meaningless”
B. “burden to me”
C. “And back and back and back”
D. “The Giver smiled”
E. “oddly harsh”
F. “next it will be you”

Read the excerpt from The Giver and answer the question that follows.
The Giver smiled grimly. “When the new Receiver failed, the memories that she had received were released. They didn’t come back to me. They went . . .”
He paused, and seemed to be struggling with the concept. “I don’t know, exactly. They went to the place where memories once existed before Receivers were created. Someplace out there -” He gestured vaguely with his arm. “And then the people had access to them. Apparently that’s the way it was, once. Everyone had access to memories.
“It was chaos,” he said. “They really suffered for a while. Finally it subsided as the memories were assimilated. But it certainly made them aware of how they need a Receiver to contain all that pain. And knowledge.”
Question #2 - Match each underlined vocabulary word from the excerpt to its synonym.
Gestured A. Faded
Subsided B. Moved
Assimilated C. Incorporated

Question #3 Part A- In Chapter 16, Jonas says that he agrees with his parents that it is inappropriate to use a word like “love.”
What does Jonas’ agreement reveal about how his feelings for his community have changed now that he is the Receiver of Memory?
A. It reveals that Jonas is learning how to hide his feelings better than other community members.
B. It reveals that Jonas now believes in the power of lies to protect his community from dangerous memories.
C. It reveals that Jonas now understands the limitations that are created by his community’s rules.
D. It reveals that Jonas is becoming an adult with new responsibilities in the community.

Part B- Which quotation from Chapter 16 best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “‘I do understand that it wouldn’t work very well. And that it’s much better to be organized the way we are now.’”
B. “‘Do you love me?’”
C. “Meaningless? He had never before felt anything as meaningful as the memory.”
D. “It was his first lie to his parents.”

Question 4- Read the poem “The Human Abstract” by William Blake and answer the question that follows.
Pity would be no more,
If we did not make somebody Poor:
And Mercy no more could be,
If all were as happy as we;

And mutual fear brings peace;
Till the selfish loves increase.
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.

He sits down with holy fears,
And waters the ground with tears:
Then Humility takes its root
Underneath his foot.

Soon spreads the dismal shade
Of Mystery over his head;
And the Catterpillar and Fly,
Feed on the Mystery.

And it bears the fruit of Deceit,
Ruddy and sweet to eat;
And the Raven his nest has made
In its thickest shade.

The Gods of the earth and sea
Sought thro' Nature to find this Tree
But their search was all in vain:
There grows one in the Human Brain.

In “The Human Abstract,” William Blake uses words with both positive and negative connotations to create the theme that the human spirit is often in conflict.
Categorize the phrases from the poem according to whether they have a positive or negative connotation. Each category should have three answers.
Positive Connotation Negative Connotation

A. “And the Raven his nest has made”
B. “And waters the ground with tears”
C. “There grows one in the Human Brain”
D. “If all were as happy as we”
E. Cruelty knits a snare”
F. “sweet to eat”
Question 5- Think about the texts The Giver by Lois Lowry, “The Human Abstract” by William Blake, and “Imagine” by John Lennon to answer question 5.
How are the central ideas in The Giver, "The Human Abstract", and "Imagine" similar?
A. All three texts paint pictures of a world without war or hunger.
B. All three texts present scenarios in which children are forced to grow up too quickly.
C. All three texts make arguments for why it is important to preserve memories.
D. All three texts raise questions about what the ideal society would be like.